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Top bowlers of ICC world twenty20 2007
2007-09-25 14:54:00
The saying that twenty20 is just for batsmen and there is nothing for bowlers in this form of cricket is proved completely false by the performance of some of these best bowlers of 20-20 world cup 2007. In fact those were these top bowlers of world twenty20 who just turned the scenairo of the game. Seeing the performance of these top bowlers one can imagine how effective bowlers can be in twenty20 cricket.Top 10 bowlers of ICC world twenty20 2007:PlayerMatOversMdnsRunsWktsBBIAveEcon SR45Umar Gul (Pakistan)727.40155134/2511.925.6012.710S tuart Clark (Aus)624.00144124/2012.006.0012.010RP Singh (India)724.00152124/1312.666.3312.010Shah id Afridi (Pakistan)728.01188124/1915.666.7114.010D aniel Vettori (NZ)624.00128114/2011.635.3313.010Irfan Pathan (India)722.01149103/1614.906.7713.200Moha mmad Asif (Pak)726.50212104/1821.207.9016.110Morne Morkel (SA)520.0012094/1713.336.0013.310Nathan Bracken (Aus)622.2014283/1617.756.3516.700Mitchel l Johnson(Aus)624.0015383/2219.126.3718.000 BBI- Best bowlin...
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The top batsmen of ICC world twenty20 2007
2007-09-25 04:56:00
India won the ICC world twenty20 2007 but there is only one Indian the list of 10 highest runs scorers of ICC world twenty20 2007. Gautam Gambir who is the second highest runs scorer of 20-20 world cup is only in the list. As in the world cup 2007 Matthew Hayden became the best batsman of twenty-twenty world cup scoring 265 runs at a solid average of over 88.Here is a list of best 10 batsmen of ICC world twenty20 2007.No.PlayermatchesCountryRunsAverageHS sixes1Matthew Hayden6Aus26588.3373*102Gautam Gambhir7Ind22737.837553Misbah-ul-Haq7Pak2 1854.566*94Shoaib Malik7Pak195395755Kevin Pietersen5Eng17835.67966Justin Kemp5SA17386.589*107Adam Gilchrist6Aus16933.84578Craig McMillan6NZ16340.7557139Aftab Ahmed5Ban16240.562*310M Jayawardene5SL15939.75654For me Misbah-ul-Haq was the best of all. Playing in a lot of criticism after dropping Yousuf and taking him he was very consistent. The final match between India and Pakistan showed how he can easily handle pressure. Misbah seems to be a great s...
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India crowned ICC world twenty20 champions
2007-09-25 04:29:00
Gautam Gambhir made 75 runs of 54 balls and Irfan Pathan took 3 wickets giving just 16 runs in 4 overs to register a win over Pakistan in the fianal of ICC world twenty20 2007 for India . After a superb knock of Gambir India made 157 in the 20 overs. Pakisan just fell sort of the game by five runs being all out in 19.3 overs making 152. But the match was not lifeless, there was more on it.The real spice of match between India and PakistanThe match between India and Pakistan is never without thrillers and suspenses. This was proved by the ICC world twenty20 final between India and Pakistan. At one stage Pakistan were 104-7 in 16 overs requiring 54 more runs from 24 balls and everyone thought the match is easily in the hands of India. But the batting of Misbah-ul-Haq made a real difference in the match. He hit 3 sixes in the next over of Harbajan Singh making very comfortable for the pakistanis. Then the next over of S Shreesanth was to be faced by Sohail Tanvir who was star for his bo...
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Imran Nazir back in form for Pakistan at the right time
2007-09-23 07:57:00
Imran Nazir played a vital inning of 59 of 42 balls against New Zealand in the semi-final of world twenty20. Nazir though didn't seemed to be fully fit in the match hit great shots which included 5 sixes and 4 fours. Nazir required the runner from the beginning due to which he sat at the crease and tried big shots. He started with a solid cover drive and hit glorious shot throughout the inning. For me he didn't seemed to be the player who was struggling though out the other matches of world twenty20.Imran Nazir is such type of player who is very aggressive. He showed his aggression in the match but didn't loose his way. He tried big hits and was very successful. Pakistan was not getting a right opener after the failure of the vice-captain Salman Butt continuously. They did the right thing by dropping him. The way he played in the matches of twenty20 seemed as he was playing test cricket. The partnership of Nazir and Hafeez has solved the problem of opening batsmen for Pakistan.No...
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Yuvraj shows heroics for India to reach the finals of world twenty20.
2007-09-23 07:25:00
Yuvraj Singh showed a tremendous batting effort against the world champions Australians to take India to the final of world twenty20 2007. Batting first India made 188 in 20 overs loosing 5 wickets. In reply the Australians could just reach 173 loosing 7 wickets in 20 overs. India seemed to be brilliant with both bat and ball.Indian batting against the Australians:The Indian inning was highly dominated by the batting of Yuvraj Singh who just seemed very hungry for sixes. He continued his inning from the point he left against England. He stared with sixes and got more and more huge sixes. Yuvraj Singh completed his 50 runs in just 20 balls second fastest fifty in twenty20 international cricket along with Mohammad Ashraful's against South Africa. The fastest fifty in twnety20 cricket is his own of just 12 balls. Yuvraj Singh hit 70 runs of just 30 balls against Australia. Yuvraj hit 5 sixes and 5 fours in the inning. At the bottom of the inning Dhoni gave useful contribution of 36 of...
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Pakistan into the final of world twenty20 2007 after a great win in the sem
2007-09-23 06:48:00
After a disastrous exit form the world cup 2007 ( of 50 overs), Pakistan has shown a huge recovery reaching into the finals of the world twenty20 2007. Pakistan dominated the semi-final against New Zealand in both batting and bowling and won the match by six wickets. Despite of the solid opening partnership between Lou Vincent and Brendon McCullum, New Zealand just reached 143 for 8 in 20 overs. Pakistan's easily chased the total making it 147 loosing 4 wickets in overs.Pakistan's bowling against New Zealand:Pakistan's bowling was economic throughout the inning. In the first two over Pakistan gave away just 2 run but the New Zealand openers jsut gained confidence and played the opening bowlers Sohail Tanvir and Mohammad Asif with some ease. Captain Shoiab Malik showed great captaincy and introduced Afridi in 6th over and debutant all-rounder Fawad Alam in 7th over. New Zealand were 50 for 0 in seventh over. Fawad Alam took the wicket of Lou Vincent making a solid catch in his own...
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Rp Singh is a real unsung hero for India
2007-09-21 15:45:00
Rudra Pratap Singh , the 21 years old India n fast bowler took 4 wickets for just 13 runs against South Africa in the twenty20 match. He was a real hero to take India into the semi-final of twenty20 world cup. The score of 156 is not enough to chase for any teams in twenty20. India made just that much agaisnt South Africa who cased over 400 agaisnt Australia in ODI and over 200 against West India in twenty20.RP Singh just bowled brillianly for India. When there is just 156 in the board bowlers are under great pressure. But RP Singh showed how effective his bowling is taking 2 wickets in his first over. He bowled econmic and took two more wickets later. He just gave away 13 runs in his 4 over and became the Man of the match.Despite playing well in test and ODI, RP Singh is always in and out of the Indian team. He couldn't play the world cup despite his great bowling. He has prived many times. An average of 29 in ODI and 30 in tets with the ball is brilliant which RP Singh posseses. In...
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Rohit Sharma makes a fifty against South Africa to take India to semi-final
2007-09-21 15:37:00
Rohit Sharma made an unbeaten 50 of jsut 40 balls in the twenty20 match against South Africa to guide India into the sem-final of twenty20 world cup. It was really of great effort. When Rohit Sharma came to the crease india were 33-3 loosing their main three batsmen. Then Uthappa fell shortly making it 64 for 4. Rohit Sharma, just 20 years old stayed at the crease and rescued india to a score of 156 in 50 overs. He shared a great partnership with MS Dhoni, the captain.Rohit Sharma hit 7 fours and 2 sixes in his inning to complete his 50 runs. If it wasn't Sharma who played brillaintly, India would be all out before 20 overs and it would be very difficult for them to qualify for the semi-final. It was a real effort from Sharma.It was the first chance he got the chance to bat in the twenty20 world cup. he played the match agaisnt England but didn't get the chance to bat. He was selected for the series in Ireland but could bat in only one inning. Rohit Sharma's record was not good i...
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Rohit Sharma makes a fifty against South Africa to take India to semi-final
2007-09-21 15:37:00
Rohit Sharma made an unbeaten 50 of jsut 40 balls in the twenty20 match against South Africa to guide India into the sem-final of twenty20 world cup. It was really of great effort. When Rohit Sharma came to the crease india were 33-3 loosing their main three batsmen. Then Uthappa fell shortly making it 64 for 4. Rohit Sharma, just 20 years old stayed at the crease and rescued india to a score of 156 in 50 overs. He shared a great partnership with MS Dhoni, the captain.Rohit Sharma hit 7 fours and 2 sixes in his inning to complete his 50 runs. If it wasn't Sharma who played brillaintly, India would be all out before 20 overs and it would be very difficult for them to qualify for the semi-final. It was a real effort from Sharma.It was the first chance he got the chance to bat in the twenty20 world cup. he played the match agaisnt England but didn't get the chance to bat. He was selected for the series in Ireland but could bat in only one inning. Rohit Sharma's record was not good i...
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Shahid Afridi gets a chance to open and he really proves with his bat
2007-09-21 14:46:00
After being put down into the bottom of the batting order in twenty20 world cup, Shahid Afridi just got the chance to bat in the opening position against Bangladesh. After proving with his ball in the twenty20 world cup Shahid Afridi showed he can do a lot more from his bat if given chance. His 39 of just 15 ball was just brilliant. He didn't got much of the strike and was hurry to get the strike and when Afridi got the strike he smashed the ball with all the power he has in his hands.The inning of Shahid Afridi at the beginnig just gave the impression that he was trying to break Yuvraj Singh record of scoring fifty in just 12 balls but he didn't get much strike and he couldn't convert his shots into sixes when he got the strike. But it was a well played inning. In other matches we could find that Shahid Afridi's shots selection was poor. But Shahid Afridi selected shots brilliantly in the inning except when he got out.Shahid Afridi is truly outstanding with the ball in twenty20...
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Yuvraj Singh becomes the first player in twenty20 cricket to hit six sixes
2007-09-19 19:23:00
Yuvraj Singh has become the first player in international twenty20 cricket to hit six sixes in an over. Yuvraj hit six continuous sixes in the over of English bowler Stuart Broad to make it 36 runs of the over. In the match twenty20 against England Yuvraj achieved this feat. Stuart Broad gave 60 runs in the match in 4 overs. Here is how Yuvraj Singh hit six sixes in the over of Broad according to cricinfo:18.6 - Broad to Yuvraj Singh, SIXBroad looks quizzical ... and miserable. Can he ... can Yuvraj do it ...18.5 -Broad to Yuvraj Singh, SIX, down on one knee and larruped over midwicket, that one was more nine iron, it went into the night sky and dropped with a thud in the jubilant crowd ...England have a team meeting. Shuffling deckchairs on the Jolly Roger though ...18.4- Broad to Yuvraj Singh, SIX, Shiver me timbers!: Broad goes round the wicket, bowls a filthy wide full toss and Yuvraj steers it over backward point and it clears the rope again18.3 -Broad to Yuvraj Singh, SIX, he...
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Justin Kemp plays another superb inning to register a win for South Africa
2007-09-19 18:55:00
After playing a very attacking knock against West Indies in the first match of world twenty20, the South Africa n big-hitter has played another blistering inning of 89 of just 56 runs against England. South Africa became able to win the match against tough New Zealand by 6 wickets.Kemp hit 6 sixes and 6 fours in his attacking inning. He completed his fifty in just 42 balls. After completing his fifty, Kemp struck massive sixes off Oram and Vettori, before finishing the match with a mighty swing over long-on. Shaun Pollock played his part with a brisk 16, as South Africa sauntered home with five balls remaining.New Zealand were restricted to 154 after a superb bowling effort from Morne Morkel who took 4 wickets giving 17 runs in his four balls. If it wasn't the inning of 48 by man in great form Craig McMillan, New Zealand would be restricted in lower scores.The real credit of the win goes to Morkel and Justin Kemp. After this win by South Africa, India has to face a real challenge to...
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Sohail Tanvir, the real surprise package by Pakistan in twenty20 world cup
2007-09-18 20:03:00
After the ban of Shoaib Akhtar from the world twenty20, everybody thought Pakistan got a heavy loss which can hamper their bowling a tot. Pakistani team repalced Akhtar by Sohail Tanvir about whom no one was aware. Sohail Tanvier just got the opportunity to show his real talent in th twenty20 against India.Sohail Tanvir against IndiaHe bowled in the 6th or 7th over against MS Dhoni of India. Everyone was just surprised to see Sohail Tanvir's strange action and the pace Tanvir generated through that type of action. Dhoni had no other option rather than looking at balls bowled by Tanvir and leaving them. It was really difficult for him to read those deliveries. The same thing happended for other Indian players and Tanvir got a great success in his first international match.He took one wicket in the match and bowled economic bowling.Sohail Tanvir againt Sri LankaThe next encounter was againt Sri Lanka. Rather than playing him at the second spell Sohail Tanvir was introduced in the 2nd...
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Misbah-ul-Haq proves to be the real hero for Pakistan
2007-09-18 19:34:00
The selection of Misbah-ul-Haq instead of Mohammad Yousuf in the Pakistan i team was full of cricticism. The man in great form was just taken out of the team and a player having almost negligible international experience was included in the team. It just seemed to be a unjust work. Misbah-ul-Haq needed to face a lot of criticisms.But the cause why Misbah was included in the team is now justified by the performance of Misbah in twenty20 world cup. He has now already scored two half centuries in world twenty20 and of vital one. The first was against India to rescue Pakistani team though they couldn't win the match. The second was more important. It was against the world champions Australians. The contributions of Misbah game him the award of man of the match award. It is Misbah because of whom Pakitan were able to beat Australians.Though Misbah-ul-Haq is 33 years old he has been found to be favourable for twenty20. His performance in the internal twenty20 league of Pakistan was tremen...
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Dhoni appointed as Indian ODI captain
2007-09-18 19:22:00
Dhoni, who is currently leading the Twenty20 team in South Africa, has been appointed as the captain of the ODI team for the upcoming One-Day series’ against Australia and Pakistan. Yuvraj Singh is appointed as the vice-captain of Indian team.India play seven One-Dayers against Australia and after that five matches against Pakistan. The series against Australia starts form 29 Septeneber. Left-arm pacer Irfan Pathan and off-spinner Harbhajan Singh have made a comeback into the One-Day team. Virender Sehwag who failed to find his name among the 15-member One-Day squad announced by the BCCI for the first three One-Dayers against Australia.Regarding test captain there has not been announcement but it seems that it will be handed to Sachin Tendulkar. Tendulkar had already been captain of Indian side but had a very bad record as a captain. There is a danger of happening same to Mahendra Singh Dhoni.Indian ODI Team for Australian tour (for 3 ODI):Mahendra Singh Dhoni (C, WK), Yuvraj Sing...
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Shahid Afridi is the highest wicket taker in twenty20 world cup
2007-09-18 18:58:00
Shahid Afridi is not getting chances to bat up the order and to show his destructive batting performance in the world twenty20 2007. But he has turned himself to be the key bowler not only in Pakistani side but also among all the teams. He has taken 10 wickets in this twenty-twenty world cup to be the highest wicket-taker along with Daniel Vettori of New Zealand.Afridi doesn't get great spin of the ball but his change in pace and clever bowling has helped him a lot in this series. Shahid Afridi is very clever in his bowling. He took 4 wickets against Scotland, 1 against India, 3 against Sri Lanka and 1 against Australia. I am really impressed by his change in pace and his ability to read the batsman. Afridi just forces the batsmen to do mistakes and finally he takes wickets. Afridi though is not a great turner of ball is successful due to this.Along with Shahid Afridi's destructive batting and sharp fielding, his bowling is best suited for twenty20 games which he has already prove...
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Your questions on cricket, my answers -2.
2007-09-16 21:13:00
Your questions part-1, part-2 People are asking more and more cricket questions to me.Here is the part 2 of my answers to the questions by you. If you have any questions ask me by filling the form at in this page titled "any questions on cricket, ask me."1) What is sledging? asked by Sair, India.Ans : Sledging is the practice in cricket of insulting opponents to break their concentration and cause them to make mistakes. Sledging is effective because the batsman stands within hearing range of the bowler and certain fielders. The aim is to intimidate or distract the batsman into making a fatal mistake and being dismissed. Not only batsman sledging in cricket can be done by opponents aggainst a bowler or a filder. It is too popular in other games like football. The Zidane incident in world cup football 2006 is an example of sledging.2) Who was the player to bat in all 11 positions? asked by Raja, IndiaAns: Three people in test cricket have batted in all 11 positions. They are: Wilfred...
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Sri Lanka has the highest scores in all forms of internation cricket all be
2007-09-16 20:42:00
After scoring 260 against Kenya Sri Lanka has made the highest score in twenty20 international cricket. After this Sri Lanka has the record of having highest score in all forms of cricket i.e in tests, ODI and twenty20. Here are some more about the records: 1) Highest inning score in test match: Highest score in an inning of test cricket is 952 and it was made by Sri Lanka against India in 1997 August. In this match Sanath Jayasuriya was man of the match as he scored 340. 2) Highest total in ODI cricket: total of a team in ODI cricket is 443 for 9 and it was made by Sri Lanka against Holland after a few months after South Africa and Australia played the great game. In this match Sanath Jayasuriya was man of the match as he scored 157. 3) The highest total in twenty20 international cricket is 260 made by Sri Lanka against Kenya in 2007 September. In this match Sanath Jayasuriya was declared man of the mathc as he scored an attacking 88. In all three cases the man of the match or rea...
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The rules of super eights of twenty20 world cup 2007
2007-09-16 20:21:00
The super eights of twenty20 world cup's rule is quite different from the world cup. It is not based on the pefrormance of team in the first round of the twenty20 world cup. The teams qualifying for the second round doesn't carry points as in the 50-over world cup.Here are the rules of twenty-twenty world cup's super eight:The team were divided into groups in first round and named as follows in twenty20 world cup:Group A: South Africa (A1), West Indies (A2), BangladeshGroup B: Australia (B1), England (B2), ZimbabweGroup C: New Zealand (C1), Sri Lanka (C2), KenyaGroup D: Pakistan (D1), India (D2), ScotlandThe two teams qualifying from the group stage will be kept in the group E or F of the super eight regardless of the position of them in group stage. Group E consists of seeds A1, B2, C1 and D2 while Group F will comprise seeds A2, B1, C2 and D1.For example, though India (D2) won Group D and Pakistan (D1) came second, during the Super Eights, Pakistan will still be D1 and India wi...
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Brett Lee gets the first hat-trick in twenty20 cricket (20-20 cricket)
2007-09-16 19:53:00
The first ever hat-trick in twenty20 international has been done by the Aussiee paceman Brett Lee. Lee created history in 20-20 cricket in the 17th over with a hat-trick . The first ball edged by Shakib-Al-Hasan to the keeper. Then Mashrafe Mortaza was bold with Brett Lee 's yorker. In the third ball Brett Lee just caught Alok Kapali leg before wicket to achieve the feat of getting first twenty-twenty international hat-trick. Brett Lee was declared man of the match for his hattrick.Click here to watch the video of first ever international twenty20 hat-trick by Brett Lee against Bangladesh This is the second hat-trick of Brett Lee in international cricket. Earlier Lee had taken hat-trick against Kenya in 2003 world cup. My predictions for the top 10 players in twenty20 world cup are being all correct after this brillant hat-trick by Brett Lee in twenty-twenty world cup. All those except Shaun Pollock in the top ten has shown brilliant cricket. click here to see my predictions for to...
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Shahid Afridi shines with bat and ball in Pakistan's first match of twenty2
2007-09-11 00:22:00
There is no doubt Twenty20 cricket is made for Shahid Afridi whether it is for his aggressive batting or his improved leg-spin bowling.This was proved by him in the twenty20 world cup match between Scotland when Afridi made a quickfire 22 of just 7 balls (just 7). Shahid Afridi too took three important wickets early which was the match saving effort. He was declared man of the match.Shahid Afridi's batting against Scotland: Though 22 runs is low, it was really a jerk to the Pakistani Inning when the run rate was not even respectableagainst even a good side. Shahid Afridi removed the pressure off the Pakistani batsmen and put the pressure on the Scottish players.Shahid Afridi started his inning with a six and made four in the next ball and again a six in the third ball. Younis Khan was too inspired by it and Younus Khan added one another six in the over. The run rate climbed at a high rate. Afridi was out after scoring 22 of 7 but his inning eased the other batsmen.Shahid Afridi's ...
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ICC Awards announced - List of all nominees and winners of ICC awards 2007
2007-09-10 22:37:00
The ICC cricket awards this year has been announced giving away two awards to the Australian captain Ricky Ponting. He is named ICC captain of the year and also best player of year. His efforts with the bat were outstanding - 576 runs in five Tests at an average of 82.28, an ODI average of 51.52 during the period August 9, 2006 to August 8, 2007 - while as captain he won the three huge series over the last year: the Ashes, the Champions Trophy and the World Cup.No Indian men cricketer (Jhulan Goshwami wonWomen cricketer) was short-listed for any awards. No award went to New Zealand, Bangladesh, South Africa, England and West Indies among test playing nations. The world cup hero, Matthew Hayden was named ICC ODI player of the year after he scored 1368 runs in 25 one-day innings. Pakistani player whose career is at the verge of end Mohammad Yousuf, the real test hero of the year was nominated as test player of the year. Sri Lankan team was awarded with spirit of the year award. Indian...
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Rules of twenty-twenty (20-20) or twenty20 cricket
2007-09-09 19:52:00
A very fast and intresting form of cricket - twenty20 or t20 is developed and has been recognized in international level. The first twenty20 cricket world cup is going to be held on 11th September, 2007 in South Africa. Though it is somewhat similar to ODI and test cricket, it has got new rules too. Twenty -twenty cricket has new rules regarding not only overs to play but also regarding no-balls, fielding restrictions, tie-breaker and others. Here are some of the new rules of twenty20 cricket: 1) If a bowler delivers a no ball by overstepping the popping crease, it costs 2 runs and his next delivery is designated a free-hit, from which the batsman can only be dismissed through a run out, for hitting the ball twice, obstructing the field or handling the ball, as is the case for the original "no ball".2) Bowlers may bowl a maximum of only 4 overs per innings.3) Umpires may award 5-run penalty runs at their discretion if they believe either team is wasting time.4) If the fielding tea...
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Squads of all the teams for twenty20 world cup cricket 2007
2007-09-09 19:27:00
Here are the squads of different teams for the upcoming twenty20 world cup cricket in South Africa. Each team in twenty-twenty has 15 men in the side in the squad.SOUTH AFRICA -team for twenty20 world cupGraeme Smith (c), Gulam Bodi, Andre Nel, Mark Boucher (wk), AB de Villiers, JP Duminy Herschelle Gibbs Justin Kemp Albie Morkel Morne Morkel Makhaya Ntini Vernon Philander Shaun Pollock Thandi Tshabalala Johan van der WathWEST INDIES -team for twenty20 world cupRamnaresh Sarwan (c) Dwayne Bravo Shivnarine Chanderpaul Pedro Collins Narsingh Deonarine Fidel Edwards Chris Gayle Runako Morton Daren Powell Denesh Ramdin wk) Ravi Rampaul Darren Sammy Marlon Samuels Devon Smith Dwayne SmithBANGLADESH -team for twenty20 world cup Mohammad Ashraful (c) Aftab Ahmed Nadif Chowdhury Shakib Al Hasan Tamim Iqbal Alok Kapali Mashrafe Mortaza Mushfiqur Rahim (wk) Ziaur Rahman Syed Rasel Abdur Razzak Farhad Reza Zunaed Siddique Nazim Uddin Mahmud UllahAUSTRALIA -team for twenty20 world cupRicky Pont...
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Its again Shahid Afridi in controversy, Shoaib Akhtar blames Afridi for his
2007-09-08 20:14:00
Shoaib Akhtar has recently stated that the real one with him his conflict was is Shahid Afridi who had used foul languages against him. He too added that Afridi had said bad things about his family members which was untolerable for him. Akhtar also said that he regards Asif as his brother and it was by mistake he hit him.Shoaib Akhtar regarded that the issue was strengthed by media and he was considered the real villian and told that Asif had forbidden him after which it should have been ended. He also said that he cannot forgive himself if his team looses in the twenty20 world cup due to bowling problems.So, its again Afridi who is in controversies. Shahid Afridi has been involved in many of them due to which he has been punished several times. Click here to see some of them Afridi could not play the first two matches of world cup due to a ban on him.
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Top players expected for twenty20 world cup 2007
2007-09-08 16:31:00
For the upcoming twenty20 cricket world cup 2007, I have listed top 10 players among all. The rank is based on recent as well as overall performance and the suitness of players in twenty-twenty cricket. Comments from you are must welcome.Here are 10 great players to watch for the twenty20 world cup 2007:1) Kevin Pietersen : Twenty20 cricket is best suited for Kevin Pietersen, the English destroyer. When he is so attacking against spinners in the test then just think of Pietersen in twney twenty world cup. Fast bowlers should neither feel relax because Pietesen when fires, he is uncontrollable. He has though lost the position no.1 ODI batsman, for me he is the no.1 player to watch in twenty twenty world cup.2) Shahid Afridi: Far more attacking than Kevin Pietersen is the Pakistani all-rounder, Shahid Afridi. An strike rate of 109 in ODI and 86 in tests shows how attacking Afridi really is. The recent match against Uganda in which Afridi completed his fifty in just 13 balls showed cle...
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Your questions, My answers
2007-09-07 19:40:00
Part-1Many people are asking me questions related to cricket and I have been answering by personally mailing them. Those questions are somewhere repeated. I have now decided to answer the questions in by blog. Here are some of the questions and their answers:1) Which player made highest sixes in one day match ?Ans : Sanath Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka has hit highest overall sixes in one day matches. In 398 matches he played, Jayasuriya has hit 242 sixes. He has an strike rate of about 90. The second in the list is Pakistani Shahid Afridi. Here are top 10 six hitters in ODI cricket:1) ST Jayasuriya - 2422) Shahid Afridi 2293) SC Ganguly 1864) SR Tendulkar 1635) CL Cairns 1536) Inzamam-ul-Haq 1447) AC Gilchrist 1368) BC Lara 1339) RT Ponting 13210) IVA Richards 1262) Which is the Pakistani player who played 6 world cups?Ans : The Pakistani player who played six world cups is the former Pakistani Batsman, Javed Miandad. Miandad played for Pakistan inthe 1975 world cup, 1979 world cup, 1983...
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Dhoni makes a new record in ODI cricket
2007-09-04 01:05:00
Mahendra Singh Dhoni , the Indian wicket keeper couldn't achieve a great feat in batting in recent matches but he has shown a great wicket-keeping talent to make a new wicket-keeping record in ODI. In the 5th ODI against England, Dhoni made 6 dismissals. he is the first Indian wicket-keeper to do so. This is too highest dismissal by any wicket-keeper. Now, Dhoni has equalled the record with Adam Gilchrist of Australia , Mark Boucher of South Africa, Ridley Jacobs of West Indies and Alec Stewart of England.Dhoni also had a hand in all the first five England wickets to fall, a feat previously achieved only by Gilchrist against New Zealand in Christchurch in 2002.In recent times, Dhoni has not shown great batting. This is somewhat because of the postion provided to him in ODI. Dhoni has batted in all postions from opening to the 8th. Currently he bats at no.6 or no.7 position. But records say he hasn't been brilliant at those.Here are the scores of Dhoni in different positions: ...
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India win the 5th ODI against England as rain washed away the match
2007-09-02 19:33:00
Half centuries from the first four players- Tendulkar, Ganguly, Gabhir and Yuvraj registed a win for India against Englad in the 5th ODI by 38 run by Duckworth-Lewis method as the rain wased the match after completion of 39th over. England were 242 for 8 with Paul Collingwood at 91 still requiring runs at more than 11 runs an overs in the next 6 overs.It was almost impossible for England to win and the only cause that they were embarassed by the rain was the inclomplition of Collingwood's 50. Saurabh Ganguly made 59 of 79 balls with 7 fours and 2 sixes, Sachin Tendulkar made 71 of just 59, G Gambhir 51 of 66 Yuvraj Singh 72 of 57 to take India to a huge total of 324 for 6.India got the pefrect start with Ganguly and Tendulkar and the two other also played great. Dhoni and Dravid too accelerated the inning at last.In reply, englad got a good start but couldn't continue it and kept loosing score. Paul Collingwood was the man of attraction who not only scored but showed destructive b...
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Shahid Afridi destroys the Uganda Bowlers in twenty20 palyed at Nairobi mak
2007-09-02 18:57:00
Records are not untouched from Afridi in tests, ODI's and now even in the new form of cricket, twenty20. Click here to see the records made by Afridi In a match held in 1st September against Uganda in Nairobi Kenya, Afridi made 57 not out of just 15 balls hitting 7 sixes and 4 fours to register a huge win for Pakistan of 148. Afridi though batted at the bottom of the inning, smashed the bowlers for huge sixes to complete his half century.Afridi hit 34 runs in an over of Uganda bowler in which he hit 5 sixes and a four, a record in twenty20 International. This is also a record of fastest fifty in twenty20 International cricket made by any Batsman also in any form of game. The match was competely dominated by Pakistan as teo other Pakistani Batsmen- Younis Khan and Salman Butt got their half century.The inning played by Man of the match Shahid Afridi is jubiliant and rarely any other batsman has such ability to strike the cricket ball. Afridi is simply the greatest destroyer of the b...
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